What is the meaning of WIND UP. Phrases containing WIND UP
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A wind at right angles to the vessel's course.
Jenny Lind is London Cockney rhyming slang for wind.
Wink is Dorset slang for to wind. Wink is Dorset slang for to winch.Wink is Dorset slang for a motor vehicle starter handle.
Verb. 1. To infuriate. Pronounced as in wind up a clock. 2. To tell lies or joke at the expense of the recipient. Noun. An act of lying or joking.
To tease, for example by telling a false story designed to elicit a particular reaction, for example telling someone in a block of high rise flats that their lifts were to be disabled to encourage fitness in the block inhabitants. (in this case "wind" rhymes with "mind").
Put the wind up is British slang for to scare.
The direction and velocity of the wind as observed from the deck of a moving vessel. See "Wind over the Deck".
Noun. A person who 'winds-up' regularly.
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Air or gas generated in the stomach or bowels; flatulence; as, to be troubled with wind.
v.
Memory; remembrance; recollection; as, to have or keep in mind, to call to mind, to put in mind, etc.
v. i.
To have a circular course or direction; to crook; to bend; to meander; as, to wind in and out among trees.
v. i.
To turn completely or repeatedly; to become coiled about anything; to assume a convolved or spiral form; as, vines wind round a pole.
a.
Windy; generating wind.
v. t.
To come upon by seeking; as, to find something lost.
superl.
Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered; as, a wild roadstead.
v. t.
To cover or surround with something coiled about; as, to wind a rope with twine.
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Anemophilous; fertilized by pollen borne by the wind.
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Having the taste or qualities of wine; vinous; as, grapes of a winy taste.
v. t.
To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
superl.
Consisting of wind; accompanied or characterized by wind; exposed to wind.
n.
A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points, which are often called the four winds.
superl.
Next the wind; windward.
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Attended or caused by wind, or gas, in the intestines.
v. t.
To drive hard, or force to violent exertion, as a horse, so as to render scant of wind; to put out of breath.
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A liquor or beverage prepared from the juice of any fruit or plant by a process similar to that for grape wine; as, currant wine; gooseberry wine; palm wine.
n.
A horse given to wind-sucking
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Serving to occasion wind or gas in the intestines; flatulent; as, windy food.
n.
Air artificially put in motion by any force or action; as, the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows.
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